A unique and ground breaking series for BBC 3 using a cast of puppets. Qurios was brought on board to supply titles and a range of subtle effects. Our work includes shots of exploding dogs and pigeons, electrocution, vomiting and burning.
We also supplied a number of composited shots, placing plate footage of Canary Wharf into the background of establishing shots.
Ingenious is a 1 hour special featuring over 40 effects created here at Qurios. Lime Pictures commissioned Qurios to design, build and animate a 3D dragon for their HD production.
As well as a fire-breathing dragon Qurios also created animated doves and shots of a radio telescope which was composted into the background of various shots.
Qurios supplied animated titles and spoof graphics and headlines for this humorous look back over the last year.
Qurios has recently completed a complex liquid simulation for new horror drama, The Well.
Qurios was asked to enhance live action footage by creating CGI liquid, nicknamed ‘death vomit’, which included bones and other material. The liquid bubbles and spews out of a well, splashing and interacting with the live action location and actress. The liquid replaced still water to add more dynamic action to the sequence.
A mix of stand up and sketches, required a mixture of digital techniques. Shots included creating a 3D hand glider which is shot out of the sky, wire removal, digital matte painting, removal of green-clad puppeteers and 3D tracking and replacement of a billboard poster.
Qurios recently contributed to the new ITV 1 sketch show Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder. The shot required a complex morph between two takes of footage.
Qurios completed the title sequence for Ladies of Letters, a 10 part drama for ITV3, produced by Tiger Aspect. The quirky sequence features two china figurines coming to life and hitting each other.
In the show Irene (Lipman) and Vera (Reid) reveal their exploits and adventures to one another through the letters they write, each of them trying to outdo the other whether with recipes, holiday destinations or who has the best grandchildren.
Qurios was called upon to produce shots of an apache helicopter chasing Victor (Jonathan Pryce).
Qurios created several CGI swords for shots of actors being stabbed through the back. The swords were tracked to the moving actors and animated to match the stabbing movement.
Lighting was also matched to the scene and the illusion was completed by recreating the soldiers tunic in the computer and animating it to interact with the movement of the sword.
Digital set extensions, 3D magic carpets & a stained glass window featuring 80's boy band Bros. All in a days work for Qurios. A series of sketches set in Rome required major 2D and 3D matte painting, composting and crowd replication.
A sketch set on a magic carpet was achieved by shooting Omid against green and compositing him into several stock footage plates of clouds. His carpet was reproduced in 3D, animated and given a magical trail of sparkles.
Construction and animation of an exploding car door which was required to 'hit' actress Anna Chancellor in the back. Using on-set reference of the practical car door Qurios constructed a 3D computer model which was animated being blown from the car body.
Additional smoke and particles were also added. Final compositing was undertaken by Pepper Post where the 3D door elements were added to practical explosion footage to create the final shot.
Building on our work with series 1 Qurios added several new races to our fleet of spaceships.
With over 350 effects shots to complete in a very tight schedule we used every trick in the book to deliver high quality space battles, digital set extensions and on-screen graphics.
This six part comedy drama required an unusual mix of visual effects and animation. For several shots Qurios used rotoscoping techniques to create a glowing edge around an actor. Other fantasy elements included creating a dark void of sinister clouds where a suburban garden once was. Finally we had to create a show-within-a-show: The Telly Bears. This child-friendly show took on nightmarish aspects when the bears transformed into evil killers!
Over 100 effects shots were required for this 90 minute TV movie staring Nigel Harmon, Colin Salmon and Brian Cox.
The VFX list included 3D locations, digital set extensions, virtual stunts, explosions, smoke & debris, lighting effects, lasers and lots of compositing.
As well as creating over 150 effects shots for this ambitious 6 part comedy Qurios also provided all of the on-set graphics which play continuously in the background.
Our team worked closely with the show's writers, Producer and Director to design and built numerous ships, shuttle craft, alien creatures, cities, throne rooms and landscapes.
